Duncan's 2009 RZ2

[Duncan]

After much research, ordering, waiting, etc, here are pics of our new 2009 RZ2 "Kiss the Sky"
-409 PCM with Catanium exhaust and closed cooling
-Factory ballast
-Tower of Power with Pro60s, MB-8s, and WS420EQ
-4 batteries with onboard tender
-3x1200gph bilge pumps
-port and starboard custom 1000lb fat sacks
-Rankin cover
-quick install snapless (storm) bow cover

Many thanks to Joel, Andrew, and Steve at State-a-Mind for lots of insight, patience, and
assistance during research, order, build, and after market mods. Great dealer!

Thanks also to the amazing users on TO Forums. I very much appreciate all of the help
so many of you have provided since last summer when I began thinking about this boat.



Initial design


Out of the mold


Delivery Jan 2009


Saint Louis Boat Show, State-a-Mind booth, Feb 2009


409 PCM engine (note Catanium cat sides and closed cooling top right)


First launch and check out cruise May 2009 (on flooded Mississippi river at Alton)


Anchored last weekend in a slough just north of Grafton on the Mississippi River

[thtrog]

Congrats Duncan! That is one AWESOME RZ2!

[Timmy!]

Love it!!! AWESOME ride! Enjoy it! Let's see some pics of the surf wave with the ballast!

[Matt Garcia]

Very sweet! I love out of the norm gel coat options! What is the reason for having so many and large bilge pumps?

4 Batteries too? Wow.

[dogbert]

Nice! Love the colors! You're gonna have so much fun!

[ajholt7]

I saw that boat at the boat show. Awsome! The guys at Stateamind will really take care of you.

[Duncan]

Very sweet! I love out of the norm gel coat options! What is the reason for having so many and large bilge pumps?

4 Batteries too? Wow.

Regularly reading this forum instilled me with such paranoia about sinking the boat in a storm at the ramp ... and with the rub rail touching water and tendency to take bow rollers, I wanted the reassurance of 3600gph (minus some for efficiency issues). I swapped out the stock 500gph and added two in each transom corner (to ensure no water when heeled over surfing). I was going to have 4 when I thought the stock pump was midship but then learned the stock pump is behind the engine.

Gel coat has two non-standard options. The first, the white deck with black rail cap is now a standard option but was not when ordered. The second is the two-tone transom with solid sides. The dealer State-a-Mind and Tige were both very accomodating with these details. I would have liked more build pics but am grateful for those I received.

The solid side with black rail cap makes the boat look almost as long as an RZ4 in person. Really has a stretching effect. Too bad the black hull is submerged which reduces the effect when still, but it should look neat up on plane.

4 batteries also came about from reading posts and ideas here on the forum. I wanted enough juice for a weekend without having to rely on the tender. The many, many posts on batteries and draw were very helpful.

[Matt Garcia]

You may suck out the lake with that flow rate of pumps! LOL Jk!
Very nice though.

If it helps your paranoia I have never dunked the bow even when I have about a 1000 pounds of ballast up front.

[dingleberry]

Sweet! Sounds like you have really pinned down exactly what you wanted. Congrats!

[Carter13]

Great looking boat.
That water looks nasty though.

[da.bell]

Wow, lots of custom work done on that. Congrats

[yllw20]

nice boat looks sweet.
- does everyone in stl still ask where you went to high school?

[Guest]

awesome!

[zad0030]

Looks familiar

[lakebum]

great looking boat. great dealer, Andrew showed my wife and I our tige at the 97 boat show and we bought it in june. have fun with that wakemachine